They've been around for years and when Neil Young wrote "Southern Man" they jumped in his face with "Sweet Home Alabam" in which they called him out my name, "Well I hope Neil Young will remember, Southern Man don't need him around."
Supposedly the name comes from a teacher they had in high school who's name was "Leonard Skinner." I'm not sure about that part.
The song rebutting Young did not endorse red-neck values. They even disowned Wallace-supposedly-and just sang the song because they didn't want some Canadian putting down the South.
Replies to: "Re: Never heard of them. Were they known at all?"
- Heard this as bumper music the other day on local talk radio. Great song. Great band. - NedoftheHill - 7:54pm 1/10/19
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- Never heard of them. Were they known at all? [NT]
- jimbasil - 9:34pm 1/10/19
- Re: Never heard of them. Were they known at all? - Rooster - 12:04am 1/11/19
- If i know who LS is, I'm confident that Jim does. I'd check your batteries. [NT]
- BaronVonZemo - 5:32pm 1/11/19
- Batteries...batteries? I'm apparently running on empty. [NT] - Rooster - 10:54am 1/12/19
- Welp, my post was for Neddie, a little humor for him. - jimbasil - 4:21pm 1/11/19
- I think the Skynyrd-Young feud is one of the most misinterpreted in music. - Rooney - 8:07am 1/11/19
- If i know who LS is, I'm confident that Jim does. I'd check your batteries. [NT]
- BaronVonZemo - 5:32pm 1/11/19
- Re: Never heard of them. Were they known at all? - Rooster - 12:04am 1/11/19
- my whole image of you is shot. I now see you with a confederate flag in the - WestCoastIrishFan - 8:22pm 1/10/19
- sorry, meant for Chris [NT] - WestCoastIrishFan - 8:23pm 1/10/19
- I saw a documentary on them a few weeks ago - Chris94 - 7:57pm 1/10/19
- Never heard of them. Were they known at all? [NT]
- jimbasil - 9:34pm 1/10/19